NAME

       nymerge - tool to update and merge specialized-format patches

SYNOPSIS

       nymerge merge old new options [ print ] [ .go ]

DESCRIPTION

       nymerge  is  a tool in the Nypatchy suite of programs for working with Patchy Master Files
       (PAM files); see nypatchy(1).  Specifically, it can update a  PAM  file  old  with  a  new
       version  number and date/time stamp, optionally also merging in updated source code from a
       separate PAM file merge, and saving the result to file new.  The default file extension of
       these three files is presumed to be ".car".

USAGE

       The  merge file merge may be replaced with "-" if there is nothing to merge.  print is the
       file to which informational output should be written (the default is  standard  output  if
       omitted), and options is a sequence of single-character flags.

       The  command should be ended with ".go" unless one wants to enter the Nypatchy interactive
       shell.

OPTIONS

       Note that options should be  given  as  a  single  string  of  characters  with  no  space
       separation  and  no  use  of  the  - character (except that it can be used in place of the
       options field if no options are desired).  Alphabetic options are not case-sensitive.

       F      Update only the first PAM file title.

       H      Print help information only.

       P      Log only the patch names, not the decks.

       Q      "quick" - Do not log printing of patch or deck names.

       U      Update version/date/time on all PAM titles found on the file.

       +      Inhibit the initial page-eject.

SEE ALSO

       fcasplit(1),  nycheck(1),  nydiff(1),  nyindex(1),  nylist(1),  nypatchy(1),   nyshell(1),
       nysynopt(1), nytidy(1), yexpand(1)

       The  reference  manual  for  the  Nypatchy  suite  of  programs is available in compressed
       PostScript format at the following URL:
       http://wwwasdoc.web.cern.ch/wwwasdoc/psdir/p5refman.ps.gz

       Running the command "nymerge help .no" also gives some brief help on usage.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was  written  by  Kevin  McCarty  <kmccarty@debian.org>  for  the  Debian
       GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).  It is licensed under the GNU General Public
       License, version 2 or later (at your choice).

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) Kevin B. McCarty, 2008.

                                           Mar 12, 2008                                NYMERGE(1)